How to Use guff in a Sentence

guff

noun

• His friends have given him a lot of guff about his hair.
• She doesn't take guff from anybody.
• His latest book has a lot of guff about conspiracies of one kind or another.
• But may god forgive the literary critic who swallows the guff of Twenge and her ilk.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 11 Aug. 2017
• Lopez knocks a bag out of Parker's hand and lunges at him, because RoLo takes no guff from furballs.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2017
• Months after smart, take-no-guff Rose Ito, 23, arrives in Chicago, she is run over by a subway train and dies.
  — Washington Post, 27 July 2021
• Nero Wolfe may have had Archie Goodwin to do the legwork and take his guff, but Johansson has his own minions.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 7 June 2017
• Who gives you more guff for still being single, your mother or your sister?
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2017
• Bailey has a reputation as someone who doesn’t take a lot of guff.
  — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Oct. 2019
• Earlier this month, the New York Times published an article on tipping, and the guff and garbage servers put up with in order to get their tips.
  — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Father and son embraced, and Mike gave his dad some guff about not shaving, rubbing his knuckles against his dad’s white stubble.
  — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
• Oil is not a hazardous material, but some post offices might give you guff about sending it.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2020
• There's been an absolute guff load of transfer rumours doing the rounds recently, and a large chunk of them seem to be about two blossoming West Ham stars.
  — SI.com, 20 June 2019
• The others show similar qualities by not getting in trouble, getting straight A’s, and not taking any guff from males.
  — Tony Hicks, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2017
• Touch points: Yet more boardroom guff which creeps into media interviews.
  — Suresh Rangarajan, Quartz India, 31 July 2019
• The Golden Globes rightfully takes a lot of guff for being so starstruck and so susceptible to fancy campaign tactics.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
• His wife, Hilary, had (quite reasonably) been giving him guff about that matter and finally had prevailed upon him to get some new ones.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 19 May 2018
• Darkest Dungeon gets plenty of (somewhat deserved) guff for overtaxing its same few areas to support a very long game.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 28 June 2017
• Her performance as Emma Tate nails that Mary Poppins blend of dainty and feisty, serving as a comforting presence that also takes no guff.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
• One outlier: the vampire-hunting physician Van Helsing, a woman who takes no guff from anyone and taps Mina as a kindred spirit.
  — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• Perform mindless, pointless and degrading tasks all day while taking guff from perfect strangers and feckless idiots.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
• With just a few lines of dialogue, a striking costume covered in mysterious features (is that an antenna on his helmet?), and a take-no-guff attitude, Fett left Star Wars fans wanting more.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
• Eventually, Bombay even begins to thaw on the personal side, sympathizing with his team's gutty, take-no-guff swagger.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2017
• Musgraves abided no guff, especially from folks who advised her against speaking her mind counter to the more rigid, traditional country music worldview.
  — Allison Glock, Marie Claire, 11 Sep. 2019
• Advertisers getting major guff from their customers don’t want to continue to take a hailstorm of criticism from those who don’t like anything but total loyalty toward the flag.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• And as is Lisa’s wont, the story is where animals who live in nicer houses than most Americans, fabulous recreational activities, and a predilection for not taking guff from anybody converge.
  — Bess Levin, The Hive, 28 Aug. 2017
• With most of Hollywood considering Trump the country’s dangerous new supervillain, the Texan actor will undoubtedly get some guff for this stance.
  — Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com, 2 Feb. 2017
• Hailee Steinfeld's performance in the Hawkeye series was a pitch-perfect adaptation of Kate Bishop, replicating her archery skills, signature purple outfits, and refusal to take any guff from adults.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 8 May 2022
• Notwithstanding the guff, the commercial potential is indeed significant—as are the potential problems.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2019
• America Chavez is crazy bulletproof, packs a punch that can literally shatter dimensional barriers, takes no guff from anybody and, like Black Panther, appeals to a broader audience than just superhero movie fans.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024